READ-ME
AUTHOR: Mahesh Karra, Kexin Zhang
DATE: November 24, 2025

INTRODUCTION
This replication package reproduces the results for the paper entitled "User-Centered Apporaches to Contraceptive Counseling: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi,"
which is published in Journal of Development Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103690.

This package contains 1 Master Stata Do-File, 15 additional Stata Do-Files (.do), and 1 .dta file (MBBS_Analysis_data.dta) that replicate the tables and figures in the main paper and in the appendix. 

FILE AND FOLDER SET-UP:
1. Save all files (data sets, do files) in the same folder. 
2. Create a subfolder named Results in the folder where these files are saved.

To run each do file, open the MASTER DO-FILE.do file in Stata, change the "data" file path to the directory where the files are saved (line 14 in the master do-file), 
change the "dofile" file path to the directory where the Stata Do-Files are saved (line 15 in the master do-file), and then execute the master do-file 
in Stata by clicking on Run. The outputs of each file will be stored in the "Results" folder.

DO-FILES

The .do files are as follows: 
	1. MASTER DO-FILE.do:
		This .do file executes all the Stata Do-Files in order. There are 15 outputs from this do-file:
		a. The outputs include 17 tables, out of which 4 tables are from the main text of the paper.
		Expected run time: 16.28 seconds

	2. DO_1_TABLE_1.do:
		This .do file replicates Table 1 in the main text of the paper. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_1.tex in the main text.
		Expected run time: 1.84 seconds		

	3. Do_2_TABLE_2.do
		This .do file replicates Table 2 in the main text of the paper. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_2.tex in the main text.
		Expected run time: 1.27 seconds

	4. DO_3_TABLE_3 (interaction).do
		This .do file replicates Table 3 in the main text of the paper. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_3.tex in the main text.
		Expected run time: 1.37 seconds

	5. DO_4_TABLE_4 (interaction).do
		This .do file replicates Table 4 in the main text of the paper. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_4.tex in the main text.
		Expected run time: 1.91 seconds

	6. DO_5_TABLE_A2.do
		This .do file replicates Table A2 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_A2.tex in the Online Appendix.
		Expected run time: 0.09 seconds

	7. DO_5_TABLE_A3.do
		This .do file replicates Table A3 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_A3.tex in the Online Appendix.
		Expected run time: 0.97 seconds

	8. DO_5_TABLE_A4.do
		This .do file replicates Table A4 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_A4.tex in the Online Appendix.
		Expected run time: 1.79 seconds

	9. DO_5_TABLE_A5.do
		This .do file replicates Table A5 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_A5.tex in the Online Appendix.
		Expected run time: 0.35 seconds

	10. DO_5_TABLE_A6.do
		This .do file replicates Table A6 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_A6.tex in the Online Appendix.
		Expected run time: 0.94 seconds

	11. DO_6_TABLE_D1.do
		This .do file replicates Table D1 in the Online Appendix. The output from this do-file is the numbers that are displayed in Table D1 in Online Appendix D.
		Expected run time: 0.00 seconds

	12. DO_7_TABLE_E1.do
		This .do file replicates Table E1 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_E1.tex in Online Appendix E.
		Expected run time: 1.46 seconds

	13. DO_7_TABLE_E2.do
		This .do file replicates Table E2 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_E2.tex in Online Appendix E.
		Expected run time: 1.01 seconds

	14. DO_7_TABLE_E3-E5.do
		This .do file replicates Table E3 - Table E5 in the Online Appendix. There are 3 outputs from this do-file: 
		a. Table_E3.tex in Online Appendix E.
		b. Table_E4.tex in Online Appendix E.
		c. Table_E5.tex in Online Appendix E.
		Expected run time: 2.15 seconds

	15. DO_7_TABLE_E6.do
		This .do file replicates Table E6 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_E6.tex in Online Appendix E.
		Expected run time: 2.36 seconds

	16. DO_8_TABLE_F1.do
		This .do file replicates Table F1 in the Online Appendix. There is 1 output from this do-file: Table_F1.tex in Online Appendix F.
		Expected run time: 1.06 seconds

INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PACKAGES THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED:
Before running the master do-file, please make sure to install the following packages in Stata: estout.

QUESTIONS?
Please direct any questions regarding this replication package to the corresponding author. 

Corresponding Author:
Kexin Zhang
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
zhangkexin629@ruc.edu.cn

